Blog Post #3 - Be a Linguistic Detective!

1. 


IMbalance ; INcompatible ; INcomplete ; INdecent ; INglorious ; INgratitude ; (IL)legal ; (IL)literate ; (IM)mature ; IMperfect ; IMpossible ; (IR)rational ; (IR)responsible ; INsane ;  INtolerant ; INvariable.

Each prefix ( Im -, In -, IL -, Ir - ) has the same meaning.  Some prefixes just sound better depending on the word. for example: ILLEGAL , your changing the meaning Legal into NOT legal but simply adding IL in the beginning of the word. but if you was to change the word to IRLegal , or INlegal , it wouldnt sound right. that's why we use certain prefixes for certain words. 

2.

(A) Bat: V-, alveolar, stop. Book: V-, velar, stop. Cough: V-, labiodental, fricative. Ship: V-, bilabial, stop.


- They all have a voiceless phonemes.


(B) Cab:V+, bilabial, stop. Cave: V+, labiodental, fricative. Lad: V+, stop, alveolar. Rag: V+, velar, stop. Thing: V+, velar, nasal.

- They all have voiced phonemes. 

(C) Bus: V-, alveolar, fricative. Bush: V-, palatal, fricative. Church: V-, palatal, affricative. Judge: V+, palatal, affricative.


- The words are mixed. 

Blog Post #2 - How Do You Say Your Name ?

1. Emily - /ˈɛməli/


2. The first syllable of my name is " ɛm " it has mid-front vowel beginning, ending with a nasal, bilabial, V+ " Mmmm " sound. The next syllable is a mid-central " ə " vowel, which is very different from the E my name begins with because it has an "a" sound. Finally, the last syllable of my name is Liquid, Alveolar, & V+ with another stressed vowel. 


3. My name is Bilabial because in order to pronounce it a person has to use both lips. the second syllable hits the alveolar ridge. Then, instantly comes of the alveolar ridge to pronounce the third syllable. so it would be pronounce " em - uh - lee "

Blog post #1 - Introduction

I only speak, read, and write in one language (english). At home my mother speaks Spanish only when im being nosey and she doesnt want me to know what she's talking. I wanted to get back at her when i was aroung 12 years old and made up "jibberish" with my cousin. It was our own language, she would get annoyed wen i speak around her because she knew i was doing it on purpose. I learned english because thats whats spoken around me, i learned a little spanish in school but being that its not a priority to speak i dont concentrate enough to learn it. Language happens when people want to communicate, anybody can make a language as long as they have others to understand or learn it. The first language u learn how to speak isnt learned its adapted. A person pays attention to there surroundings, if they hear everybody around them speaking a certain language that's the language that they're going to speak. This would make it a primary language. If you choose to learn a different language its not the same effect as the first. Your taking your time out to learn and understand a second language, the first language came naturally because its what you're used to.